Famous Alexes for $200: This naturalized US citizen hosted the quiz show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons. Alex Trebek has been honored with a sheet of memorial stamps from the US Postal Service looking like the question board on the show he indeed hosted for 37 seasons. Announcing to the nation in…
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Over 200 plants will have their species name changed to remove an offensive South African apartheid-era racial slur after the results of a vote from the International Botanical Congress. In a thoroughly debated session in the recent meeting in Madrid, the vote passed 351 to 205 to rename all current botanical…
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6 years ago today, Civil Rights leader and Congressman John Lewis’ body was carried across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma with a military guard of honor, the same bridge where 55 years earlier he had been violently beaten by police for his participation in non-violent protest. READ a bit more…
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In North Carolina, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office received a call that a child was wandering alone on the road on July 7th. Dispatching an officer to the Waxhaw Indian Trail Road, the child was located and secured, but being autistic and non-verbal, the officer had no idea where the boy…
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Despite being brought up in the Nuremberg Zoo a young Carpathian lynx named Chapo was born to be wild. Respecting his wishes, the German zookeepers abandoned their intention to raise him to eventually contribute his genes to a vital captive breeding program and release him into the wilds of Germany. Now…
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A life-saving blood test that can detect sepsis in under ten minutes by squeezing white blood cells could be available in as many as 11 US states by the end of the year. While you won’t hear many news headlines about sepsis, US researchers have hailed the development as one of…
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A consortium of small firms is creating a renewable revolution within the boundaries of a small city in Northern California, which will be the testbed for a use-and-return concept for fast food drinks. Around 50 billion disposable drink cups are used every year in the US, but in the city of…
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